Photo of collection object "'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'"
Glackens, William James. "'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'", 1906. Black conte crayon, watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/16 in. (39.1 x 31 cm) Image: 13 x 11 7/16 in. (33 x 29.1 cm). Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 40.55. No known copyright restrictions.

"'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'"

1906

William Glackens

American, 1870-1938

American Art

Classification
Drawing
Formatted Medium
Black conte crayon, watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/16 in. (39.1 x 31 cm) Image: 13 x 11 7/16 in. (33 x 29.1 cm)
Inscribed
Inscribed on verso, in graphite (artist's hand?): "Glackens" vertically down left side; and ' "My Dear, you will always pays [sic] / to get the best" '
Departments
American Art
Accession Number
40.55
Credit Line
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Rights Statement
No known copyright restrictions
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